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RDIF to submit more data on Sputnik V Covid vaccine to Brazilian authorities

Move follows reports of Brazil declining emergency use approval to the vaccine

New Covid-19 variant can evade antibodies to reinfect: Study

A new study has found that the new Covid-19 variant (501Y.V2) can evade neutralisation by first-wave anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and potentially ...

Diet, not physical exercise, plays important role in child obesity: Study

Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional diet, and not the total calories burned daily, significantly related to body fat, showed the study

Covid-19: 13 people in Israel develop facial paralysis after getting vaccinated

Around 13 people in Israel have suffered mild facial paralysis after getting inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine. According to the country’s ...

Smokers, vegetarians at lower risk of contracting Covid-19: Study

Earlier studies have claimed smokers are at higher risk of developing severe symptoms of Covid-19

FROM THE LABS Cleaning solar panels

Cleaning solar panels

Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre For Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, ARCI, have developed a water-repellent transparent ...

FROM THE LABS Flying base stations

Flying base stations

Professor Debarati Sen of IIT Kharagpur has developed drones that can be used as flying mobile towers in disaster-hit areas. These 5G-capable Unmanned ...

FROM THE LABS Pressure power

Pressure power

Many industries, such as textile, dairy and rice, need steam for their processes. The steam is produced in boilers at high pressures (10-25 bars) but ...

NEWS In brief: Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020

In brief: Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020

A quick look at the fifth such policy since independence

BIOTECHNOLOGY Reaping benefits: ‘Scissors’ snip off bad genes in plants

New genome editing tech for crops is safer and more accurate

WOW An eye on the enemy

New technology to cut CO2 emissions from cement production

LIFE SCIENCES Powering proteins in cyanobacteria

Research from IIT-Bombay can help in industrial production of biochemicals

WATER RESEARCH New technologies for the elixir of life

From different types of osmoses to new membranes, researchers have come up with ways of drawing water

Covid-19 First dose: Some doctors look forward to vaccine, others seek answers

Doctors and other frontline workers to get the shot on Saturday

Rich people more likely to social distance amid Covid-19 pandemic, study finds

“It was also much easier for people with more money to take extra safety measures”

Diabetes drug ‘Metformin’ reduces Covid-19 mortality risk: Study

According to a study carried out by the researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, use of the diabetes drug metformin -- before a ...

2020 was one of three warmest years on record: World Meteorological Organisation

All five datasets surveyed by WMO concur that 2011-2020 was the warmest decade on record

Covid-19: Face masks could lead to more infection without strict adherence to guidelines

Key risk factor driving transmission was the number of daily contacts participants had with other adults and seniors

Science scepticism may grow on UK’s rush to approve Covid-19 vaccine: Expert

In this age of scientific rationality, superstition and anti-science still run deep, he lamented

Brazil’s Amazonas running out of oxygen amid Covid second wave

Supplies have run out at some hospitals and patients had to be airlifted to other States

Body temperature scanner holds limited value in detecting Covid-19: study

Two temperature measurements, of finger and eye, more reliable indicator

RIP: Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet

The probe, dubbed the mole, was supposed to drill down 16 feet into Mars, but could do only a couple of feet

SpiceHealth to take sequencing of incoming positive samples to airports

In a move that would ensure early action in containing new mutant variants of Covid-19 detected in the UK and other countries, SpiceHealth has ...

Covid-19: Headache associated with milder infection, reveals study

Researchers at the Hospital Universitario de La Princes in Madrid, Spain, found that Covid-19 patients who developed headaches as an early symptom of ...

Reductions in air pollution levels during Covid-19 lockdown lesser than expected: Study

The researchers developed new corrections for the impact of weather and seasonal trends

Pulse polio drive rescheduled to Jan 31

National polio immunisation day, originally scheduled for next Sunday, has been rescheduled to January 31 on account of the massive countrywide ...

Covid-19: Researchers develop effective nanobodies that fight better against SARS-CoV-2

An international research team led by the University of Bonn (Germany) has developed novel antibody fragments against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. They ...

Study reveals Covid-19 symptoms that provide longer immunity from virus

Support previous studies that showed senior, male, and/or severely ill patients, have concentrations of antibodies, which is a key indicator of immunity

Asymptomatic people drive over 50% of Covid-19 infection: CDC study

It’s one more example of how this virus is really, really insidious, says expert

Host vouchering Prepare for next pandemic by preserving animal specimens: Museum scientists

Host vouchering is the practice of preserving specimens believed to harbor a virus, bacteria or parasite that’s under investigation

How will Covid-19 severity change 10 years from now?

Endemic SARS-CoV-2 may become a disease of early childhood, where the first infection occurs between 3 and 5 years old, and the disease itself would be mild